Places
36 places found.
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- Leeds, Yorkshire
- Horsforth, Yorkshire
- Wetherby, Yorkshire
- Otley, Yorkshire
- Yeadon, Yorkshire
- Garforth, Yorkshire
- Guiseley, Yorkshire
- Morley, Yorkshire
- Rothwell, Yorkshire
- Pudsey, Yorkshire
- Leeds, Kent
- Boston Spa, Yorkshire
- Kippax, Yorkshire
- Headingley, Yorkshire
- Kirkstall, Yorkshire
- Collingham, Yorkshire
- Adel, Yorkshire
- Harewood, Yorkshire
- Bramham, Yorkshire
- Far Headingley, Yorkshire
- East Keswick, Yorkshire
- Thorner, Yorkshire
- Thorp Arch, Yorkshire
- Clifford, Yorkshire
- Ledsham, Yorkshire
- Farsley, Yorkshire
- Rawdon, Yorkshire
- Roundhay Park, Yorkshire
- Ledston, Yorkshire
- Oulton, Yorkshire
- Arthington, Yorkshire
- Calverley, Yorkshire
- Far Royds, Yorkshire
- New Leeds, Grampian
- Wortley, Yorkshire (near Leeds)
- Whinmoor, Yorkshire (near Leeds)
Photos
241 photos found. Showing results 21 to 40.
Maps
1,025 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 25 to 2.
Memories
179 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
Great Story But A Few Corrections
The fields along Hospital Lane were for St Michael’s School in Leeds, next to the boys Grammar School - the boys had to get the bus up and change in the old stables! Allan Bennetts family lived in the corner ...Read more
A memory of Cookridge
Ulleskelf
Hiya Luke and Liam if your reading this then your probably on the phone to me .coming up at the weekend hope 2 see you then i probably will. ask nana if i can stay there if not ill sleep round hal's. 2005/2006 where the best years of my ...Read more
A memory of Ulleskelf in 2006 by
Startime Records
I used to spend many an hour in Startime with headphones on listening to what was new. In 69 I went there on my dinnertime from Gilbey's to buy the new Stones album Let It Bleed. There was a queue right round the Market Square doing ...Read more
A memory of Harlow by
Family
I have no memory of Coaley, however my family name Deighton crops up with John Edward Deighton. Just wondering if Deighton is a common name in the Coaley area. John Edward died in the early 1950s.He had several sons and a daughter, including My ...Read more
A memory of Coaley by
Caddys
My grandma lived in Batley Carr and we lived in Leeds. I can remember visiting Dewsbury as a little girl with Mum and Dad. There was a market in Dewsbury on a Saturday and I can remember visiting an ice cream parlour. I was delighted to ...Read more
A memory of Dewsbury
Childhood Wwebsters Village Shop
I was born in 1951. My parents owned the W Websters store in Barmoor Lane. I believe the old premises is now known as Orchard Cottage. I remember the sandshoes for sale dangling from the rafters and the butter was ...Read more
A memory of Ryton in 1957
A Happy Childhood
I lived in Jubilee Cottages in Nethercote with mum and dad. My dad, Charlie Wilson, collected milk from the farms in the area, his lorry being based at Swepstone Dairy. Mum, Florence, worked in the dairy making Stilton ...Read more
A memory of Newton Burgoland in 1955 by
Living On Pool Bank New Road
We moved to Pool in 1943 as my father had a job as an aircraft inspector at the factory at what is now Leeds & Bradford Airport. We lived in a house one corner up from the notorious Furze Hill Corner which was a ...Read more
A memory of Pool in 1945 by
My Father
My father worked for BP Llandarcy from the 1960s. I was born in 1971 and some of my earliest memories are the smell of my dad coming home from Llandarcy. He worked on a machine called the catreformer. He rescued my first cat Sooty from ...Read more
A memory of Llandarcy in 1974
Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941
Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more
A memory of Bramley in 1930 by
Captions
237 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
This was to become the home of the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company. The very first cricket match played here in 1890 was between Leeds and Scarborough.
This was to become the home of the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company. The very first cricket match played here in 1890 was between Leeds and Scarborough.
There are no medieval churches in central Leeds, though several date from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Built on the site of a 9th-century royal manor house, Leeds Castle became a royal fortress on the accession of Edward I.
On the right is the entrance to Leeds City station. At one time there were three railway stations in the city centre: Central, Wellington and New.
In the latter part of the 19th century, several colleges run by various religious denominations opened around Leeds. The Leeds Clergy school and the Roman Catholic Seminary were both opened in 1876.
This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951. Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.
As early as 1877 the Senate applied to the Privy Council for the college to be raised to a university, but the application was contested by similar institutions in Liverpool and Leeds.
Headingley had once been a small village to the north of Leeds and its population in 1775 was estimated at 667 people.
Headingley had once been a small village to the north of Leeds and its population in 1775 was estimated at 667 people.
A view of Leeds Mechanics's Institute.This imposing Italianate building, with its lofty round-arched windows, was built by Cuthbert Brodrick in the late 1860s. It later became the Civic Theatre.
Among the more colourful sects to establish themselves in Leeds were the Swedenborgians and the Inghamites.
When Leeds town hall was opened by Queen Victoria, the streets were lined with palm trees and triumphal arches.
It would be a few years on before electric street-trams would link Headingley with Leeds city centre.
This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951. Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.
In the latter part of the 19th century, several colleges run by various religious denominations opened around Leeds. The Leeds Clergy school and the Roman Catholic Seminary were both opened in 1876.
Just a few minutes walk from here, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal links up with the River Aire and the Aire & Calder Navigation, providing Leeds with an inland waterway from the Mersey to the Humber.
The magnificent many-pillared clock tower of Leeds Town Hall, opened by Queen Victoria in 1858, dominates this view of The Headrow, one of the city's most important thoroughfares.
It would be a few years on before electric street-trams would link Headingley with Leeds city centre.
Just a few minutes walk from here, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal links up with the River Aire and the Aire & Calder Navigation, providing Leeds with an inland waterway from the Mersey to the Humber.
Among the more colourful sects to establish themselves in Leeds were the Swedenborgians and the Inghamites.
The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.
At the beginning of the 20th century Leeds had four theatres, including the Grand, which is featured on the right-hand side of the picture.
At the beginning of the 20th century Leeds had four theatres, including the Grand, which is featured on the right-hand side of the picture.
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